The Office of Student Affairs<\/strong> provides a number of resources for syllabus creation, including several Bates-wide policies related to attendance, course deferral, academic integrity that are critical for inclusion: <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Academic Resource Commons <\/strong>provides syllabus language that provides students with information on peer tutoring for writing and course content across all academic disciplines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Writing@Bates<\/strong> provides several handouts and videos to support course design, syllabus creation, and universal design for learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Purposeful Work: <\/strong>As you work with students looking to connect their academic endeavors to meaningful work beyond the classroom, please encourage them to engage with activities to explore purposeful work<\/a> and reach out to the Purposeful Work team<\/a> with interests and questions. Students benefit significantly from working with faculty who actively seek to help them translate their knowledge and skills to professional contexts. If you as a faculty member are interested in explicitly connecting your course content to discussions of meaning, purpose, work and\/or careers, consider joining a long list of faculty peers in the Purposeful Work Infusion Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Student Center for Belonging and Community:<\/strong> As you work with students coming from a diverse array of backgrounds and experiences, particularly those with minoritized identities from historically underserved communities, please encourage them to access the various student support resources available to them across campus<\/a> and reach out to the team<\/a> with questions and concerns, especially as they relate to navigating their identities, needs, and spaces while at Bates. If you as a faculty member are interested in how to best support our increasingly diverse student population, do not hesitate to reach out to the team<\/a> for consultation and support.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n IR Learning Assessment webpage for Course-level Assessment Resources<\/a> includes three approaches to course design: Backward Design<\/a> (Vanderbilt University), Integrated Course Design<\/a> (Fink, 2003), and 5E Instructional Model<\/a> (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study). There are also tools specifically for syllabus design: Universal Design<\/a>, including sample syllabi (CAST); Syllabus Development Toolkit<\/a> (Columbia University); and over 7 million sample syllabi in the Open Syllabus<\/a> database. In discussing learning outcomes and course goals, Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy is a common framework for incorporating multiple levels of thinking and engagement, a list of verbs<\/a> for each level is a helpful reference when creating course materials.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n CRC <\/strong>oversees a handful of specialized computing spaces on campus, including the Digital Media Studios<\/a>. The DMS website includes resources that may be useful in syllabus design, including available support for video projects<\/a>, podcast\/audio projects<\/a>, and a catalog of the various facilities and loaner equipment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Harward Center<\/strong>: To learn more about the Harward Center and the supports they provide for community engaged learning, please visit this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Academic Resource Commons (ARC)<\/h3>
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Writing @ Bates<\/h3>
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Purposeful Work<\/h3>
Student Center for Belonging and Community<\/h3>
Ladd Library<\/h3>
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Learning Assessment in Institutional Research<\/h3>
ILS Curriculum and Research Computing (CRC)<\/h3>
Harward Center for Community Partnerships<\/h3>
Websites with Sample Syllabi<\/h3>